Demography - Marriage patterns (OCR A-Level Sociology): Quizzes
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What is secularisation?
What is secularisation?
The decline of religious influence
Which trend is associated with modern marriage patterns?
Which trend is associated with modern marriage patterns?
Delayed marriage
How does secularisation affect attitudes to marriage?
How does secularisation affect attitudes to marriage?
More freedom to choose not to marry
Why do feminists view declining marriage as desirable?
Why do feminists view declining marriage as desirable?
Shows women's liberation from oppression
What do postmodernists say declining marriage shows?
What do postmodernists say declining marriage shows?
Individual freedom
What has changed in women's position regarding work?
What has changed in women's position regarding work?
More likely to be in paid work
How does women's financial independence affect marriage?
How does women's financial independence affect marriage?
Greater freedom to choose not to marry
What can women depend on instead of husbands?
What can women depend on instead of husbands?
The welfare state
Why is declining marriage undesirable to the New Right?
Why is declining marriage undesirable to the New Right?
Undermines traditional nuclear family
What do the New Right say declining marriage creates?
What do the New Right say declining marriage creates?
Welfare-dependent lone parents
Why do functionalists say declining marriage isn't necessarily a threat?
Why do functionalists say declining marriage isn't necessarily a threat?
High rate of re-marriages
What causes more family diversity according to postmodernists?
What causes more family diversity according to postmodernists?
Declining marriage rate